Mausoleum interment-crypt.



i E. N. HATGHER; MAUSOLEUM IN TERMENT CRYPT.

Patented June 4,- 1912.

(SW4 72 Mark INVENTOR APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1911.

WITNESSES nmutrnn N. Immense, or aanssvrr m, onro.

MAUSOLEUIJI IN'TEBMENT-CRYPT.

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Specification'of Letters Patent.

PatenteolJunea,19r2.

Application filed December 7 1911. semi No. ceases.

To all cohort it may concern: I Be i t known that I, EDMUNDN i"? aacitizenof the United States, residing at zanesville, in the county ofMuskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new 7 andusefullmprovements in Mausoleum Interment-Grypts, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a tomb or mausoleum above ground which containsapartments or crypts adapted for the'recept-ion and preservation of deadbodies and aims to provide a crypt in which dead bodies are placed,cared for and preserved in the most sanitary manner, at the same timeprotect the public against a diffusion of germ-ladem air which hasbeengenerated within and expelled from an occupied crypt during theperiod of bodily dissolution.

The object of my invention is tosupply a mausoleum apartment or cryptwhich Will thoroughly disinfect and destroy infectious bacteria andmoisture propagated .within said crypt and its equipment a part thereof:provide for the disinfection of an occupied crypt and its equipment fromtime to time without opening, removing or in any manner-disturbingeither the top, bottom, sides or ends of the cry'pts main structure, andwithout permitting air to enter said crypt while the process ofdisinfect-ion is being accomplished, also to provide a way and means bywhich an occupied crypt is hermetically sealed immediately or earlyafter the cessation of dissolution of the body occupying the crypt hasshown itself. I

/ attain these. objects by thenovel construction illustrated inthedrawings a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a sectionalview ofj a tier of mausoleum crypts 5, the top" crypt 5 of which isequipped with my disinfector, moisture and disinfecting pipes: Fig. 2 is"a sectional view of the main body of my disinfector 10 Fig.3 is asectional view of my moisture disinfecting receptacle .6 {showing a Ushaped or trapped fiush-pipell inposition, and Fig. i isan enlarged viewof my '-perforated woven wire; bottdmed disinfectant cans of boxesQOinFigMQ, said figures showing clearly! the features of my invention.

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suitable material and of suitable thickness and depth. Between thefoundation walls 1 I provide a'bed or deposit of cinders 2 or othersuitable material, which is preferably packed or'rammed down tight afterthe moisture disinfecting receptacle 6 has been duly installed withinthe bed of cinders 2 at its proper point, and the upper surface of thecinder bed 2 and the upper surface of the foundation 1 are on the samelevel. Upon the bed of cinders 2 and upon the foundation Walls 1 I placea concrete floor 3 having'a level surface. Upon this concrete fioor 3 isbuilt the outer walls tofthe mausoleum,- after which the crypts 5 areerected upon the concrete floor 3 between the outer walls 4:.

5 shows the structural body of a mau soleum crypt equipped to embody myinvention.

8 is a metal moisture pipe extending from the bottom of the inner floorof the crypt 5 downward to the moisture disinfecting receptacle 6embedded within the cinder deposit 2.

22 is a gas-exit pipe beginning at. 9' and. leading directly from theinner top of crypt 5 and connected with the disinfector 10 by means'ofpipe 23. V

11 is a deposit .of 1i uid disinfectant stored in the reservoir,- orisinfecting chamber, a part of disinfector 10.

I 12 is the disinfecting material, 'antis'eptics, deodorizers and acidsin crystal and powdered form contained .in the perforated metal plugwhich is removed from the body of the disinfector 10. when inserting theperforated woven wire bottomed cups .20

within the main bOdYvO'f the disinfector 1 0., 15 is a screw threadedmetal plug which is, removed frdm thema'in body, disintomed cups 20, and14 is a screw'threaded fector 10 when supplying the liquid disinfectant11 to the reservoir or liquid' chamher in the disinfector 1'0, and 16 isa screw threaded metdi' filug whichis removed when gas-exit pipe 22,endlng zit .9,, is used for disi'fifectingthe crypt 5", andtheimoisturey pipe 8 by the process of liq id flushing. 17 is avent-pipe leading from the ilisirr' fector 10 to and beyond the top ofthe roof of the mausoleum.

18 is a stop-cock which regulates the outgo of gas from the disinfectorlO-to the vent-pipe l7, and 19 is a stop-cock apart of gas-exit pipe 22between crypt 5 and the disinfector" IO, which is closed during thecharging or supplying of the liquid and air chambers within thedisinfector 10: is open during the exit of gas from crypt 5 into thedisinfector 10: open during the flushing of crypt 5 and the moisturepipe 8, and is closed when used to hermetically seal crypt 5.

20 is a perforated woven wire bottomed cup or can in which granulatedand powdered chemical disinfectants and deodorizers are stored forservice within the disinfector 10.

21 is a stop-cock, a part of flush-pipe 7, and is used to seal saidflush-pipe when the same is not in active service.

In the beginning of the erection of a mausoleum containing cryptsembodying my invention the moisture disinfecting receptacle 6 andportions of the feed and flush pipes 8 and 7 are given a fixed positionwithin the cinder bed 2 before the concrete floor 3 has been placed,further additions to said feed and flush pipes 8 and 7 being addedthereto as the structure proceeds upward. While the crypt 5 is in thecourse of erection the moisture or feed pipe 8 is admitted within v thecrypt 5 upon a direct line with said crypts floor or bottom when saidmoisture or feed pipe 8 is perfectly and permanently secured to theinner and outer wall of said crypt 5 and becomes a perpetually fixedpart of said crypt by means of the use Ofcement, screw threaded metalfittings and rubber or compressed paper gaskets. A like connection ismade in the top wall or end of crypt 5 with gasexit pipe 22 beginning at9 and leading into the disinfector l0.

In the assemblage of a crypt disinfecting equipment I use, preferably,enameled or galvanized wrought iron pipe and 1nalleable iron fittings,all of suitable sizes, my disinfector and its connections representing acombination'consisting of metal pipe, stopcocks, bends, Ts and screwthreaded plugs, the full construction of which is given by the drawings,a part of this specification.

When an occupant has been placed within the crypt 5 and the cement .orstone closure of the crypt has been substantially cemented in po -itionand the crypt closed, I remove the sc ew threaded metal plugs 14 and 15and cha ge the liquid and air chambers of disinfe tor 10 with suitabledisin-v fectants and deodorizers, after which I return the screwthreaded metal plugs 14: and 15 to their position in the body ofdisinfector 10. I next remove screw threaded 'ture disinfectingreceptacle, may .occur as frequently as may be desired.

Having fully described my what I claim therefor and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a mausoleum interment crypt-the combination of acrypt having as a connection and a part thereof a discharge moisturepipe leading from the inner side of the bottom wall or floor of saidcrypt downward to and connected with a moisture disinfecting rece )taclefitted with an independent U shape or trapped flush-pipe: a gas-exitpipe leading from the inner top wall of said crypt into a disinfectorhaving air, liquid and disinfecting storage chambers, and an exit pipeleading from said disinfector into the outer air, substantially as setforth.

2. In a mausoleum interment crypt the combination of a cry'pt having asa connection and a part thereof a. discharge moisture pipe leading fromthe inner side of the bottom wall or floor of said crypt downward to andconnecting with a moisture disinfecting receptacle fitted with anindependent U shaped or trapped flush-pipe: a gasexit pipe leading fromthe inner top wall of said crypt into a disinfector having air, liquidand disinfecting storage chambers therein, with outer access to theinner part of said chambers by the removal of screw threaded metalplugs, and an exit pipe leading from said disinfeetor into the outerair, substantially as set forth.

3. In a mausoleum interment crypt the combination of a crypt having as aconnection and a part thereof a discharge moisture pipe leading from theinner side of the bottom wall or floor of said crypt downward to andconnecting with a moisture disinfecting receptacle fitted with anindependent I U shaped ortrapped flush-pipe: a gas-exit pipe leadingfrom the inner top wall of said crypt into a stop-cock and from thenceinto a disinfeetor having connected air, liquid and storage chamberstherein with outer access to the inner part of said chambers given bythe removal of screw threaded invention, v

metal plugs, and a stop-cocka part of the exit pipe leading from saiddisinfecthr into the outer air, substantially asset forth.

4. In a mausoleum having Vaults therein, a gas-exltpipe leading fromeachvault, a

U-shaped dismfector and a vent-pipe, said gas-exit pipe, disinfector andvent-pipe being arranged in series, a moisture-pipe for as my inventionI have signed my name, in disposing of the liquids of decompositionpresence of two witnesses this 5th day of wlthln the vault, sa1d gasexit-pipe having December A. D. 1911.

a removable cap whereby the vault may be EDMUND N. HATCHER. 5 flushed,saidmoisture-pipe also furnishing Witnesses:

means for the dis osal of the flushing liquid. C. R. SPENCER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing JOHN A. MORROW.

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